Force The SQDC (Société québécoise du cannabis) to stop using single use plastic packaging

The world is in a plastic waste epidemic. The plastic waste epidemic affects our beaches, coasts, oceans, seafloors, inland waterways and lands. Sadly, over 300 million tons of plastic is created every year, 1/2 of which is for single use and it needs to stop!

The U.N. Environment reports merely 9% of the world’s nine billion tonnes of plastic has been recycled. Most of our plastic ends up in landfills, our oceans and waterways, and the environment. Plastics do not biodegrade. Instead they slowly break down into smaller pieces of plastic called microplastics. Microplastics have been found in fish, birds and other animals, and recently, microplastics have been found in human stool.

Our waterways are overflowing with plastic waste and our landfills and full of plastic waste. Take a look around, plastic waste is everywhere we look. Plastic items like: plastic forks and knives, plastic shopping bags, plastic coffee cup lids, plastic water bottles, Styrofoam and plastic take out containers, plastic straws and now thanks to The new Société québécoise du cannabis (SQDC) we have new plastic "cannabis" packaging to add to the plastic waste epidemic.

Using recycled or bio-based plastics would have been a greener method of packaging cannabis by The SQDC moreover, should The SQDC have implemented a refund/consigne on said packaging, the world would be a greener cleaner place.

By signing this petition we are asking The SQDC to take a more Eco-friendly approach when distributing cannabis and cannabis related byproducts and to stop using plastic packaging.